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People of the Philippines vs. Roger Tejero

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ROGER TEJERO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 187744 | 2012-06-20

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

 

 

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

 

 

On appeal is the Decision[1] dated November 28, 2008 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 02905 which affirmed with modifications the Decision[2] dated June 22, 2007 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bangued, Abra, Branch 1, in Criminal Case Nos. 2004-202, 2004-203 and 2004-204.  The RTC found accused-appellant Roger Tejero (Tejero) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of three counts of rape committed against AAA[3] and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay AAA the amount...